Influenzanet: Citizens Among 10 Countries Collaborating to Monitor Influenza in Europe

Tue, 03 Oct 2017 18:00:43 +0000

Abstract: Background: The wide availability of the Internet and the growth of digital communication technologies have become an important tool for epidemiological studies and health surveillance. Influenzanet is a participatory surveillance system monitoring the incidence of influenza-like illness (ILI) in Europe since 2003. It is based on data provided by volunteers who self-report their symptoms...

Spatial variability in the growth of invasive European barbel Barbus barbus in the River Severn basin, revealed using anglers as citizen scientists

Fatima Amat Trigo, Catherine Gutmann Roberts, and John Robert Britton — Tue, 02 May 2017 18:00:37 +0000

Abstract: Life history trait analyses of non-native fishes help identify how novel populations respond to different habitat typologies. Here, using electric fishing and anglers as citizen scientists, scales were collected from the invasive barbel Barbus barbus population from four reaches of the River Severn and Teme, western England. Angler samples were biased towards larger fish,...

journal – Citizen Science Today

Influenzanet: Citizens Among 10 Countries Collaborating to Monitor Influenza in Europe

Spatial variability in the growth of invasive European barbel Barbus barbus in the River Severn basin, revealed using anglers as citizen scientists